Observability Engineer - Network Telemetry Specialist : 26-02084

Akraya, Inc. is an award-winning IT staffing firm recognized for excellence in the industry. They are seeking a Senior Staff Engineer – NPE Observability to lead the architecture and evolution of a large-scale telemetry and observability platform, focusing on real-time data ingestion, streaming, and visualization across global network infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and optimize scalable telemetry ingestion and storage platforms using Java and PostgreSQL
• Design and enhance high-throughput Apache Kafka streaming pipelines for real-time telemetry processing
• Define enterprise observability standards and build advanced Grafana dashboards for monitoring global infrastructure
• Architect stateful stream-processing solutions using technologies such as Apache Flink
• Evaluate and prototype emerging observability technologies including Model-Driven Telemetry (MDT), ClickHouse, and Thanos
• Define platform architecture, technical standards, and long-term engineering roadmaps
• Establish and monitor SLIs/SLOs to ensure high availability, reliability, and platform performance
• Lead complex root cause analysis, performance tuning, and architectural improvements for mission-critical systems
• Collaborate with software engineering, network engineering, and infrastructure teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Mentor engineering teams and drive technical excellence through architecture reviews and best practices

Requirements:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with expertise in distributed systems
• 5+ years of experience building large-scale network engineering, telemetry, or observability platforms
• Expert-level proficiency in Java backend development
• Strong expertise with Apache Kafka, including cluster architecture, messaging, and stream processing
• Advanced experience with PostgreSQL schema design, optimization, and performance tuning
• Expert-level experience developing enterprise dashboards using Grafana
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, real-time streaming, and high-throughput data processing
• Experience with Prometheus, Thanos, ClickHouse, or similar observability platforms
• Experience defining SLIs, SLOs, monitoring strategies, and incident management
• Strong stakeholder management, technical leadership, and architectural design skills
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Experience designing globally distributed, high-availability observability platforms
• Strong background in Agile/Scrum software development methodologies
• Proven ability to drive long-term technical vision, innovation, and engineering excellence in enterprise-scale environments